Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20
HORSE TRADERS wILEs


The following advertisement recently
appeared in one Of the morning papers /
saws the New York Commercial AdVerus-
or. Similar offers have been frequently 4
noticed of late. They form part OF the
latest ingenious trap for unwary morse
bnvers in New York. This Is the way ihe
card read:
To Be Sacrafced The compan
will sell sound, gentle road horse, WIN
Brewster side-bar NEARLY new, cost $3Oul 1
new harness, Whip, and blankets for Slzoi
closing an estate. No. Fifteenth street !
A New Haven merchant, named A. A. !
Kellogg. who has been visiting IN the
CITY. answered this advertisement Re"
days ago out of curiosity. He found
stable windowless and dark. 1t stood
hack from the street. The doors we're
locked. No one was in sight, he was
about to turn away when an eable-eyed
erchin ran up to him and asked u he had
come TO see the horses. The New Haven
man said he had The boy said the hos
tier had gone to dinner, but would be
hack in a few minutes. He invited the
stranger 60 sit by the smOldering hre IN
the Office and vanish. The stranger had
time to look about him and note that the
interior of the stable was divided INTO
halves By q partition, the doors of which
were locked, when Il smartly-dres5ed elder
" gentleman, whose diamond pin and
glossy hat were conspicuous, came In
lie looked about with the aic of one salts
fed with himself and the world generally
walked to the rear of tho stable, turned
up the gas, and patted one Of the horses
standing in the stable. Then he turned
his attention TO the stranger.
"Looking for anyone" he said
~ came down TO see that team adyer-
tised."
I'm show it to you. No-by Joye, my
keys are at the house But Bill, the 'osuer
will be back from dinner in minute.
Want to drive horse in the citYY'
The answer was awaited with evident
interest, and the man with the diamonds
looked disappointed when the stranger
said "Yes." Finally he returned the at
tack with
"Where are your stablesY'
81 board WAS the lacOnic reply.
The man with the diamond looked
chagrined. Then he said:
~ don't know anything about horses.
Bill has all the care of them, You won't
have to wait for him long"
Presently tail man OF 30 with the
unmistakable air of a professional horse
trader, came in, He wore a long ulster
a sealskin cap, and scarf-piu designed as
a borsswhip wrought cut of gold wire.
He walked to the rear, untethered pref
ty sorrel mare. led her out TO tho open
stable door, and looked her over with ap-
parent admiration. The animal could be
duplicated readily for less than 500.
There were unmistakable evidences OF
founder and SPAWN about her, but to a
vice she would have appeared all right.
II % horse.trader chafed the horse and
~ ghed at the impatient losses Of her
hs d.
Where is the man l was talking with
this morning. he sad.
At dinner" answered he OF the dia-
moud.
81 wonder if he ia going 20 let me have
this horse. He wanted $3.50, and I've OF.
fered him $226.'
"Bnl's got nothing 20 do with selling
the horse" replied the other.
"Wel, | sent my card to the widow,
with the offered mark on it,"
"Oh, you're the man the card was from,
ehg Well, you can't have the horse
I'm go up to $3.50"
You can't have her.
"WhyY'
Because you keep livery stable, My
father paid $500 for that mare in Ken
lucky, last year. She can trot under
three but tho woman folks won't LET
YOU have her, because they're afraid she
will be il-treatod in a public stable
She's rs gentle and as playful rs kitten
and the ladies' are very much attached tC
her.
''Well, III go you S275.'
OF you offered me $1,000 it wouldn'
make any difference She'll go to pri
waite party or to no one and the dia
mond disappeared with its owner in th'
yard.
The trader made one or two emphati,
rem rks, and then volunteered for tn,
benefit of the stranger who had been al
Interested listener to the conversation
That's too bad. II knocks me out S1j
as slick as a whistle, Judge Sherman, o
the First National bank in Jersey City
has placed standing offer with me Z
mate surrei he's sot and this little mar
lust does the business. What fool
was to have sent up my card, Wha
nOlHN AIt you ANNhAAAk htf ANNtAN NNtNNA'
Better by that mare | had my eye OF
She's fast. went out behind her thi
morning. She'll please you. Taint OF
ten III praise up other peoples horse
but she'd sell for $500 away from her,
Tell you what-you bay her for me. O
fer him 5000 Hen let her go TO yo
Then turn her over TO me. Would $50 /
fair figure for the favor for the fl
vory'
The stranger said it would and told tn
Jockey he would carry ont the propos
ton. The jockey pulled out roll Of bill
as large rs one of his fists. He locke
them over, and replaced them in h
pocket. Some minutes rolled by. III
man with the diamond came back, and a
mostimmediately upon his doing so tn
eagle eyed boy ran in and said to tn
stranger:
Bill says there's no need Of his comm
down. for the roader was sold before 70
came
Sorry TO disappoint You sir said tn
chief of the diamond as the stranger ros
TO 90. won't you take the mare! /
put her into at 5000 on the quiet. She
horse that amounts to something. Liz
s.